Title: Cardiac Care of Cancer Patients/Survivors

Presenter: Moura M. Dabbouseh, MD, MS, FACC

Credit: 1 Clinical Medicine

Session Description: Cardio-oncology is an emerging field that focuses on the cardiac care of cancer patients and cancer survivors. Because cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for more deaths annually than all cancers combined, the practice of cardio-oncology has developed as a response to a need for cardiovascular care of patients undergoing cancer therapeutics. This session will cover the practical implications and management considerations of the cardiovascular care of patients who have or have had cancer as well as the possible effects cancers and cancer therapies can have on the cardiovascular system. We will discuss the treatment of cardiovascular disease in this patient population. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, the session will discuss ways to protect the heart and prevent or reduce the risk of heart disease in a cancer patient. 

Bio: Noura Dabbouseh is a noninvasive general cardiologist and cardio-oncologist practicing in the suburbs of Chicago. She graduated from Northwestern University with undergraduate degrees in the Integrated Science Program and in Spanish. She earned her master’s in Computer Science from Northwestern before working in research and then attending medical school at University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine. While there, she also earned a master’s degree in Genetics before graduating. She completed an internship in Internal Medicine at Stanford and completed her residency at the University of Chicago before moving to Milwaukee for her fellowship in cardiovascular disease at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She stayed on as faculty to start the Cardio-Oncology program there before moving back to the Chicago area to continue practicing.

Recording Origination Date: October 4, 2022